Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-07-21
HOME AND FARM.

There were in the United States
who either owned or worked their own
farms.
Cheerful conversation, agreeable
occupation. any thing to divert the
mind from disease, is good, and every
one who carries brightness into sick
chamber helps to relieve the sick.
Hearth and Home. s~
-Stewed Brown Beans. over
night; put them in cold water and boil
until soft; season them with molasses
and vinegar according to taste; thick
en- with flour or corn starch. Serve
hot-Erchange.
This point will bear heavy empha-
sis: It costs but very little to kill
weeds in the seed-haf which. a week
later, will be large enough to take
roots again, with the help OF the genial
showers we pray for on our young po-
tatoes and corn.
dressing for Turkey or Chicken
The following recipe is favorite OF
ours: To one quart of bread crumbs.
moistened with little water, add a
quart of chopped apples, a piece of but
ter the size of an egg. teaspoonful OF
sugar; pepper and salt to taste.-CAt-
cago Herald.
1t costs but little to keep the hoes
sharp enough to cut your toes-or, bet
ter, the hard roots of red-root pig-weed
and the like. Grind them every morn
ing, just as you would your axes in
chopping-time, and take file with you
to the field besides. Country
Home.
Graham Pudding-One cup graham
flour, half cup milk, half cup molasses.
half cup raisins or currants, chopped
fine, one teaspoonful soda. Steam
three hours and serve with either a
cream sauce or one made by creamin g
butter and sugar, and flavor with
vanilla extract Times.
-Jellied Cranberries: Put three
pints of mashed cranberries into a
stew-pan, and on top of the M put three
cups of granulated sugar and three
gills of water. After they begin to
boil, cook them ten minutes, keeping
closely covered and not stirring them.
Remove the scum They will jelly
when cold and the skins will be soft
and tender. -Boston Budget.
Pineapple Cake: One cup butter,
two cups sugar, beaten well together;
five eggs beaten up well, three and a
half cups of flour, half cup of sweet
milk, two spoonfuls cream tartar, one
of soda Bake your cake in jelly tins,
having it four or five layers deep.
Crate q pineapple, make it quite
sweet, and spread between the layers;
frost the top with q soft icing.
Cheer.
Corn pie-Four ears of cold, boiled
corn, two eggs. one tablespoonful of
butter, one of flour, half a cupful of
milk, half teaspoonful of salt, lit
tie pepper. Cut the corn from the
cobs. Mix the milk gradually with the
flour. Boat the yolks and white of the
eggs separately, and add them and the
other ingredients to the flour and milk.
The butter should be melted. Bake
twenty minutes in two deep pie-plates.
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-Densorest's Monthly.
ANY housekeeper who wishes re-
liable baking powder can make her
own and be sure there is no adultera-
ton by simply thoroughly mixing one
part carbonate of soda Gin bulk) with
two parts of cream of tartar, with
same quantity of flour to keep it from
hardening. The secret of having good
baking powder is in having the ingre-
dients good, keeping it secure from
the air when mixed and not making
too much at one time. A good rule is
to sift the ingredients together seven
times before putting it away, so that it
is thoroughly mixed.-Indiaaapo
Journal.